Snikers Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 A bit off topic, but Zager, I just gotta say I love your, uh, writing. Good humour and very, uh, original. Keepup the good work, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Uh, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Vet, in my last post, the 'he is also an alcoholic' refers to the fact that he is an alcoholic in addition to having been a member of the Spetznaz. He isn't implying that Rick is an alcoholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Ah right. Well we can have someone point that out later but for now it'll just have to stand as a misunderstanding on Rick's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Vet: "Still sitting" out in the desert? Doesn't read so smooth. Suggestions? Loonie: Nice setup. I'm tempted to skip ahead, though, and just have them wake up back in their room with bruises and bits of memory. Not that Green has much of a chance if Terrick knows esoteric martial arts techniques and was cold sober  Anyone remember what time of the morning Squad 1 are officially on duty and under Major Ivan's tender care?  End of chapter feels quite close so wrap up any character development or save it for the next. JFG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I think I'm done with the party night myself. Someone can go on to the next morning whenever they're ready as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Vet: "Still sitting" out in the desert? Doesn't read so smoothYeah I know, that's why6 I avoid writing for Trigger when Gia's about! You're good with her so if you think of what aould be better just PM me and I'll stick it in happily.I'm ready for the next chapter I guess. Trigger's on his way to England and Rick's on his way to bed to wonder where the hell Gia took his room mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I'm ready to move on as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman42 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 I'm going to be MIA for a while. I exploded a plasma globe into my left arm - no major injuries, but a few tendons got hit, and the arm pulls so it hurts some to type. Feel free to write some for my character whilst I recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alitorious Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Hey, I just thought of something to do with lasers. I was wondering what kind of sound they'd make. Of course, you think about it, and the laser shouldn't make any sound or, at most, a small hum. But we want the lasers to show big, showy, bright streaks of deadly photons, right? But the only way for the laser to make the air glow is if the air was heated by the laser. And, of course, if the air is heated enough to glow, then it'd probably expand a lot. Which would mean that it makes a similar sound to a thunderclap. Obviously not as loud as real thunder, but a similar sound? So, what do we want lasers to sound/ look like? Do we want them to be beams of light, projectiles of light, or invisible in the air? Also, do we want them to sound like classic sci-fi "tseeew", a more reasonable silence or hum, or this minor thunderclap? Of course, we have no idea how a weapon-grade laser would affect the air about it, and it may make a more sci-fi-ish sound than we'd expect. So, what you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I think the "classic" laser sounds just like the echo you get when you rap a length of steel beam under tension. Not that this is particularly relevant except to Foley artists. More power expended in heating air = less power delivered to target. Not that this makes lightning bolts safe to play with. Larry Niven once imagined his beam guns just ionized a path through the air, then discharged lightning down that ionized path. You could try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 How about having the laser ionize the air, then sending a brief stream of anti-particles down the ionized path that explode upon impacing solid or liquid matter leaving wounds that would otherwise take an autocannon shell to inflict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Hey, Zager, why don't you go ahead and do a post with Ivan dragging the troops to early training? Feel free to write my characters in at will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I'm in too. Anyone can write for Rick so long as they know his character. I doubt very much anyone will understand Trigger enough to write for him though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 How about having the laser ionize the air, then sending a brief stream of anti-particlesEven at rifle's length, I personally wouldn't want to be ANYWHERE anti-ANYTHING, even at subatomic form. Especially since there's nothing to stop the antiparticles to go off as soon as they leave the weapon. Feel free to correct me on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 That's what the laser is for. It ionizes the air causing, in our universe, the air particles not to react with the anti-matter. In the real universe it's different, but let's be honest, a plasma rifle should melt off the users arm due to the sheer heat of the hydrogen particles fired. Science is already out the window, if the explanation sounds good, let's use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Point taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 The ionizing strips off the outer electrons! And the antiparticles are anti-electrons! And they flow down the outer atomic shells of the ionized air molecules without interacting with them! (Except the odd one that detonates and makes the beam visible.) And they finally do interact with the non-ionized target! Sorry, got a little excited there. One anti-electron can't hurt much...can it? But they do add up. In space, I guess the beam would just have to go straight to reach the target, no ionized path to follow. The Plasma guns might just be the anti-proton version. Proton packs, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Ok JFish stop moaning, I ended the chapter for you and removed your post. Feel free to start the morning whenever anyone feels like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Hankosha searched out of the amulet with his mind, which would deteriorate without it? Is there some mystical psychic thing going on here or is Hanky just seriously unhinged? Either one is okay by me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I don't goddamn believe this! I write a freaking long post, and the goddamn board freaking eats it! You'll have wait a couple more days for the freaking training session, goddamnit! I would appreciate it if some disabled the bloody flood control on the board. That's what ate my post, and it's eaten my posts before. I have to pay for my internet time, so I write multiple posts offline, and post them at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonie Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Oh crap. Now THAT is one nasty thing to experience. I should know from posting XCAS mission de-breifs how utterly annoying that can get. Â Still since then I've learned not to do it on the board, but to instead type it on notepad just like you would on the board. It removes the problem and though it might not look as nice it's still quite handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Ouch. <sympathizes> Zager. Notespad is the way to go. (What, Vet? Me moan? :o Although I did have an annoyingly short post, and should be spanked. ) Loonie Quick! Edit your post to read "Chapter Two" or something! Hankosha, not quite how I pictured the second chapter starting off, Zager's post would set the scene for everyone nicely rather than single-character posts. But more importantly, like Snikers noted, blue-dragon- deterioration-controlled-psychic-abilities-WHOA! If your character is non-human or superhuman, you (a) should have put that in the character background and (B) should probably be in a different fic. Only psionic training will unlock the psionics among us, please be patient. If the dragon turns out to have a radio transmitter and your heart medication, well alrighty then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankosha Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Hankosha is now a possible alien or has been abducted by aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Out of curiosity has anybody besides me ever posted Tammy's last name in the fic before (besides the squad listing)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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